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✣ highlights from the week online the conversion of an episcopalian minister at workingthebeads.com, jonathan mitchican announced that he wi...

Pharmacists’ conscience rights preserved

in a u-turn on proposed policy, britain’s pharmacy regulator has declared that catholic pharmacists should not be forced to dispense lethal ...

Vatican speaks out on detained Chinese bishop

the vatican has expressed “grave concern” over the situation of a bishop in mainland china who has been in government custody for almost 10 ...

Patriarch consecrates Middle East to Mary

the head of the maronite church consecrated lebanon and the whole of the middle east to the immaculate heart of mary during a pilgrimage to ...

‘Lion’ of US Church dies aged 88

archbishop emeritus john quinn of san francisco, who led the northern california archdiocese for 18 years, has died aged 88. church commenta...

Fr John Bollan: The staunch Catholics with no time for Mass

pope francis is the first pontiff in recent history not to have participated in the second vatican council. but the imprint of post-concilia...

The Vatican’s long, hot summer

in high summer, rome may be crawling with tourists, but most of the inhabitants have either fled the stifling heat or are hunkered down behi...

Music: A mini La Scala in the depths of Surrey

of all the movers and shakers in british musical life there’s none so dynamic as the boss of grange park opera, wasfi kani, whose new countr...

A forthright priest takes a jab at ‘trendy thinking’

that nothing may be lost by fr paul scalia, ignatius, £13.99 you may think this author’s name rings a bell. if so, you are right. fr paul sc...

Lectio Divina

follow in my footsteps 13th sunday in ordinary time: mt 10:37-42 the bible society’s lectio divina is unavailable for this sunday. we reprod...

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